Current Affairs Culture wars & The rise of grifting

[Moomin]

What did you think about the content of the video?- it`s obvious you`re going to hate on GBnews for their populist bias but try to get past your own for once.

Not really populist bias when Legatum fund them.

It's grifting.

 

[Amw79]

Not really populist bias when Legatum fund them.

It's grifting.

My favourite bit of the content was the interviewer completely misunderstanding the situation and saying:-

“So they accused your 6 year old son of transphobia for what, for not wanting to wear a dress?”

No.

 

[Oddball]

Not really populist bias when Legatum fund them.

It's grifting.

GBnews push a right wing/populist narrative, is it grifting? Are the BBC grifters? My understanding of grifting is someone making a living by filling a niche for their own personal gain. Semantics?
GBnews fill a gap in the market like all forms of media.

 

[Oddball]

 

[LostLegend]

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[Jebus_lives]

Turns out roast potatoes were the real downfall of the Monroe grift.

In all seriousness, I hope she gets the therapy she desperately needs and starts to pay back some of the money she’s been taking off people.

Im sure she can come back with a victim story all the blue ticks will love to pay it off.

Going to need to elaborate on this.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I saw the headlines about this. Can't find the judgement anywhere. Unfortunate

 

[Oddball]

I saw the headlines about this. Can't find the judgement anywhere. Unfortunate

Parents win government commitment to reform trans school guidance

A Christian family has been awarded £22,000 in legal costs and a commitment from the government to reform transgender policies in primary schools, following a five-year legal battle. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Nigel Rowe, 49 and his wife Sally, 47, had taken legal action against...

christianconcern.com

Looks like a deal was struck.

 

[McBain]

Spends so mich time plugging ‘merch’ i turned it off.

The parents who didnt like what the school was doing should have just moved their kids to a better one rather than taking it all over the news.

Aaaaand that reporter interviewing them from where I can only tell is a pub corner is one of the most unprofessional ‘interviewers’ Ive ever seen.

“Get a load a this people” I mean wtf are you watching?? GB news looks like its rotting your brain mate.

 

[Goat]

GB news looks like its rotting your brain mate.

It will do that.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Parents win government commitment to reform trans school guidance

A Christian family has been awarded £22,000 in legal costs and a commitment from the government to reform transgender policies in primary schools, following a five-year legal battle. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Nigel Rowe, 49 and his wife Sally, 47, had taken legal action against...

christianconcern.com

Looks like a deal was struck.

The Times suggests the settlement was due to the DFE refusal to offer them support for their Judicial Review



A bit at odds with the "they've won against Transphobia accusation" that others have advanced.

 

[ChesterBlue]

Truly the gift/grift that keeps on giving/grifting lol

He blocked me on Twitter for replying to a jarg climate change denying study that he posted with a paper on benzodiazepine addiction’s effect on cognitive ability lol

 

[verreauxi]

He blocked me on Twitter for replying to a jarg climate change denying study that he posted with a paper on benzodiazepine addiction’s effect on cognitive ability lol

Haha. That is excellent. I seem to recall all his rhetoric about free speech and open inquiry, but obviously when thrown back in his face he just clams up.

 

[verreauxi]

The original grift…